How to add custom css file by code?

Question

Well I know that I have to use drupal_add_css like described here.

But that doesn't work and I don't understand why.

I tried to use this hooks: function hook_init, hook_views_pre_render, hook_preprocess_html and hook_preprocess_page.

I tried in that hooks this code:

$css=drupal_add_css(drupal_get_path('module', 'mymodule') . '/style.css');
$variables['styles'] = drupal_get_css($css);

or:

drupal_add_css(drupal_get_path('module', 'mymodule') . '/style.css');
$variables['styles'] = drupal_get_css();

or also just the first line.

also:

drupal_add_css("/".drupal_get_path('module', 'mymodule') . '/style.css');

or that:

drupal_add_css(drupal_get_path('module', 'mymodule') . '/style.css',
               array('group' => CSS_DEFAULT, 'every_page' => TRUE));

Here is my style.css:

#logo {
    display:none;
}

That should hide the logo on success. What is wrong with my tries?

That cache located at admin/config/development/performance? Multible times. — rekire, Jan 26, 2012 at 10:35
could use a little more information on what isn't working -- have you used firebug / developer tools before? I've found this to be helpful in the past for debugging drupal_add_ issues. Check the 'resources' / 'elements' tab in these tools and look for where this file is 404'ing to see where its failing. If its not there, the problem is probably in your surrounding hook. — schnippy, Jan 26, 2012 at 21:07
@schnippy I don't know why but the reason was the name of the file. After I changed the filename the file was included to the sourcecode. Btw. I use firebug. — rekire, Jan 27, 2012 at 10:36

rekire · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-26 11:31:07Z

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in hook_init, removing the first slash should solve the problem. If not, check for permissions.

drupal_add_css("/".drupal_get_path('module', 'mymodule') . '/style.css');

Should be

drupal_add_css(drupal_get_path('module', 'mymodule') . '/style.css');

rekire

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answered Jan 26, 2012 at 11:02

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No sorry that doesn't work. Like I wrote above I tested all variations. That one above is just the currient try.
– rekire
Jan 26, 2012 at 11:19
In hook_init write an exit command to see whether the hook is called or not.
– hpn
Jan 26, 2012 at 11:31
If I uncomment the line above (die('<a href="/'.drupal_get_path('module', 'mymodule') . '/style.css">test</a>');) I'll get a link to my css file.
– rekire
Jan 26, 2012 at 11:33
The problem seems to be the name of the css file. If I change it to blah.css everything works. I'll accept your answer anyway because you pointed to the small error in my example above.
– rekire
Jan 26, 2012 at 19:06

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